Comment parler de ce qui est en train de se
dérouler?
This document is a picture, more exactly a drawing. It represents an airport because
there are the words “flight” and “ gates” on the notice board. There are fourteen
people.
In the foreground on the left, a man and a woman are drinking a cup of coffee while
they are chatting. In the bottom right-hand corner, a family is waiting for their
flight, they are sitting on a settee. The parents are talking and their son is reading a
comic strip while they are waiting for their flight.
At middle distance, on the left, a woman in a raincoat is reading a newspaper. In the
centre, a man is buying a plane ticket from the woman at the information desk.
In the background, a woman is phoning while she is pushing her luggage trolley. Behind
her, a man is carrying a suitcase. On the right a man is buying a perfume at the dutyfree shop.
At the back people are going out of the airport.
Pour parler d'évènements qui sont en train de se dérouler, on utilise le present be+ing.
Son auxiliaire est be conjugué au present ; il apparaît à TOUTES LES FORMES il est
suivi de la BASE VERBALE (infinitif sans to) à laquelle on ajoute la terminaison ING
FORME AFFIRMATIVE
S + AUX BE + BVing + Complément
Ex : A man is buying a ticket
They are drinking a up coffee
FORME NEGATIVE
S + AUX BE + NOT + BVING + Complément
Rappel:
I am
You are
He/she/it is
We are
You are
They are
Ex: They are not drinking a cup of coffee
A l'oral, on peut utiliser des formes contractées : ISN'T - AREN'T
A l'écrit, il vaut mieux utiliser des formes pleines : IS NOT - ARE NOT
FORME INTERROGATIVE
(Wh-) + Aux BE + S + Bving + Comp ?
Ex : Is the man buying a present ?
Yes, he is
No, he isn't
Where are the people going ?
They are going out.
Pour les verbes monosyllabiques se terminant par consonne voyelle consonne, il faut
doubler la consonne finale avant d'ajouter la terminaison ING afin de conserver la
prononciation originale.
Dig => I am digging my grave
Get => I am getting nervous
Cut => I am cutting paper
Swim => He is swimming like a hammer.
Exercices